Anglican Church in Brisbane, Australia
SERMON Feast of St Michael and All Angels Sunday 29 September 2019 Daniel 7.9-10, 13-14 Psalm 138 Revelation 12.7-12a John 1.45-51 On the side of angels ©Sue Grimmett Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the Angelic Orders? And even if one were to suddenly take me to its heart, I would vanish … Read more
SERMON Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday 12 May Acts 9: 36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7: 9-17 John 10: 22-30 The voice of the beloved ©Sue Wilton Who are you? What should you be doing with your life? Have you ever followed these questions and found yourself with no answers? Or maybe just when you think … Read more
Easter 3 – 5 May 19 (St. Andrew’s Indooroopilly) Bill Crossman Readings: Acts 9: 1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5: 6-14; John 21: 1-19 A number of years ago now – and when I stop to think about it I’m surprised at how the number has grown – I was Rector of another St. Andrew’s – … Read more
SERMON Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5.27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Revelation 1.4-8 John 20.19-31 ©Sue Wilton Glory with scars So the Gloria is back. If we remember, we start punctuating our liturgical responses with Alleluias. The gold in our vestments, the joyful tone of our prayers and hymns, and the move from fasting to feasting all … Read more
St Andrew’s Anglican Church Indooroopilly HOMILY Sunday 25 November Christ the King Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Revelation 1: 4b-8 John 18:33-37 Truth in a post-truth world. ©Sue Wilton The Oxford English Dictionaries named “post-truth” its word of the year in November 2016. Citing a 2,000 percent spike in usage -particularly around Brexit and the American presidential … Read more
St Andrew’s Anglican Church Indooroopilly HOMILY Sunday 4 November Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 25:6-9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11: 32-44 The joy of the eternal present © Sue Wilton In 1908 the British Idealist J.M.E McTaggart famously argued that time can’t be real at all. He drew attention to the language of past, … Read more